Glass-drawing pot.



8.,MEREDITH, C W. HOLLAND, L. J. OBRLEN & C. CLM HENRY.

GLASS DRAWING POT. I APPLICATION man AX/25, 1917.

1 79,569, Patented Sept. 24, 191

nnrrn s'rAN ny vrEnnnmn; or o AnKsBURG; WEST IRGINIA, AND cL'Irronn w.oLL'Ann, or; annnnnrrn, noUI's :r-I' OBRIEN, on 1 JOHNSTOWN', :hnn oHa'REs Men-Emmi or? JEANNETTEIPENNSYLVANIA:

are rngrnn'r 1 v ernnss nmwvnm For."

1 I, 1,.;S ecifieation;ofietters ratenti f: ni)1 c tion 1ednay 2 121 17.Serial No. m n s.

' r g-2 bimmsxvgorth p t- To all whom it may concern Be it knownthat-g"e, STANLEYI'LTEREDI'TH, "Fig; 3 is a sectional View onsthline ,3-3

residiiig at Clarksburg, in the county of Han Q of Fig. 2, illustratingtheconstruotion of the 'rison, State of -West Virginia, YCLIFFORIDWVI'.pot and the passages thereo'fx 5 HOLLAND} residing at Jeannette, in thecounty Figbt isaFdeta-ilK YieW- of the feedtube or of \Vestmoreland,State of Pennsylvania, 7 member. H s if, t LOUIS J .OBnnm, residing atJohnstown, in Like numerals of reference-designate"oor= 3 a:

the county of Cambria, State of Pennsyl arespondin-g'parts' intheseveral figures 'of theinia, and CHARLES C. LTOIIEXRY, residing atdrawings. 5 J eam'iette; iii the countyfof \Yestmorela'nd, Intheaccompanying drawings-, in-vhicl1 State of Pennsylvania, citizens ofthe United! is illustrated the; preferred embodiment- &3 States, haveinvented "certain new. and useful the invention, 1 designates aglassQ-furnacei Improvements in Glass-Drawing Pots, and of the usualconstruction equipped withj a; we do hereby declare the following to bea reyoluble' reversible l drawing' pot -desigifed .5: full, clear, andexact description-oi the into be constructed of fire clay 101 "othersuit-- 11p vention, such as willena'bleiothers skilled; in a lerefractory material and proyidednwitli 10. the art to which it-appertainsto make and innerand[outer--trunn-ions3and 4 mounted usethe;san1e.-' Q Q in suitable-bearings, the trunnion gt being Theinvention relates to glass drawing roundan'd the-trunnion 3being-polygonal m I ai'id' recelylng at-worm wheel 5which has its 7 IThe object of the present invention is to 11111 POI'UOH ]01 1Inaled anthe. bearing for..-75.

'improvel tl con truction 'of'fglass drawing the outer trunnion 3.Bythi's .const-ructloirpots and to provide a simple, practical and" theWorm wheel is interlockedivith the pot I elficientr glass; drawing potof comparatively 2 and adapted-to rotate'the same. inexpensiveoonstructionadapted to increase The-trunn on-fl-1s provided.withgnaex- 4v the production and capable 0t enablingthe t e11S 1 I1" h \i1ng arounded .terrn nalport on I revoluble drawing pot to beTsuppliedivith lto'fit ma concavityfitoii a tube-tor better glass from the tank ofa'glass furnace mem er 9i pr0v1dedwith-a longltudnialflpasr withoutlowering the temperature, thereby sage 1 0 Wlth which passages-11 of theinner eiiecting a saving in fuel. trunnion of the glass -'pot areadapted to A further object of the invention is to pnoregister. 7 Thepassages 11 extend to the: cenvide means for enabling the drawing pot toter of the pot and'communioate w t be supplied with glass Withoutladlin'g the f th compartments or portions thereof. same from the tankto the pot, whereby the When the pot is in one of 1tspos1tions,-0ne

as temperature will not fonly be maintained of hepassagesllfregisterswith the passage 7 50 tion.

uniform, but a saving in labor incident to 0 a d when the p0 t .iSreversed the other the dispensing with the ladling will be passage 11 13carried into eg st W h h efiectedQ- I said passage 10., The; passages 10and 11v.-

Vith these and other objects in 'view, the form glass inletsand-the'passage 10 winch 40- inventionoonsiststin the construction andcommunlcateswithrtheglass tank of the novel combination of partshereinafter fully glass furnace, is adapted to permit the glassdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying to flow lnto the poti for'feeding the same, drawings and pointed out in the 'clai111s' \\'l1e1'ebythe glass sf s uppl ed-to the pot hereto appended; it being understoodthat wlthout ladl njg and wlthout lowering the 45 various changes in theform, proportion. size temperature or the furnace, thereby. en- I.

and minor. details of construction, within abhng the operatlonof blowingglass cylm-f q' the scope of the claims, may be resorted to ders -to beefi'ected'with less. l 5 d 1 85 la- Without departing from the spirit oacribop and with better glass. 2 Also the m dficing any of theadvantages ofthe-inven- 1ty of the operation 1s correspondingly. n- 4creased. he flow of glass'to the pot is au-.

' In the drawingsi tomatically out ofi by the carrying of the s Figure 1is a fragmentary vertical secpassages 11 out of register withtliepassage tional View of a glass --furnace illustrating 10 when the glasspot 1s reyolved to reverse the application of the pot. v it. The feedingmember 19 s designed I! enable the passage 10' to be closed When.desired. In practice the glass furnace will equippcdvvith a suitablevalve or gate 12 "to v be provided with a sectional top adapted to bemoved slightly to either side to provide the necessary space when thepot is revolved. v

The machine is equipped with a blow pipe 18 of the ordinary constructioncarried by a frame 18 and bait 19.

' What is claimed is: I

1. In a glass blowing machine the combination With a furnace having aglass supply conduit, bf a revolu'ble pot having a plus provided withthe usual rality of glassreceptacles and providedwith. a trunnion havingseparate passages connected With-the said receptacle and arranged to becarrie into register with the conduit of the furnace by the rotarymovement of the pot.

2. The combination of a glass furnace having a glass supply conduit,"anda revoluble pot havin a' plurality of glass receptacles and provi EdiWith a trunnion having a plurali-ty of separate passages communicatingwith the receptacles ofthe ot, said trunnion pot. p I

The combination of a glass furnaehavf having an interfitting'ctlnnejction 'with the conduit, and the passageszbing arranged to hecarried successively" into rster with the conduitbythe rotary movementof the,

3. ing a glass supply conduit provided with an eccentrically arrangedpassage and ham. 7

ing a socket at the outer end, and a revoluin presence of two Witnesses.

aero atic b'le pot provided with plurality of glass .receptacles andhaving a trunnion provided with separate eccentrically arrangedlongitudinal passages communicating With the glass receptacles of thepot, said trunnion 7 having an extension fitting in the socket of theconduit the passages of the trunnion being adapted to be carriedsuccessively into register with the passage of the conduit by the rotarymovement oftheflpot;

In testimony whereof I a y signature STANLEY MEREDITH.

Witnesses:

ROY T. CLOPP,

L. BAIN. In testimony whereof I in presence oftWo Witnesses.

, CLIFFORD W HOLLAND. Witnesses;

- EARL V. BAUM, ADAM B. MUFFER.

afiix my signature I In testimony-whereof I aiiix my signature inpresence of two Witnesses. p

I LOUIS J. OBRIEN. Witnesses: I.

